Pirates Of Archery THE MORE POSITIVE ARCHERY BOARD WHERE WARM BEER IS AN ACCEPTABLE SUBSTITUTE FOR BREAST MILK, EVERY DAY IS YOHON'S BIRTHDAY, AND HOWATTMAN SETS THE STANDARD FOR DEVIANT BEHAVIOR.

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Haven't posted in here for a while. Here are two hunting bows I made for a friend and his young son. They are both stoked (big grins all round) so it was a worthwhile effort.

The Lad's bow is 52" NTN, 25#@24" and he is drawing it to about 17" pulling about 15# (it is 22#@22" and flings a 335 grain 22" BOP arrow at around 140 fps @ 22" DL It is fun to play with)The Dad's bow is 68" NTN, 53#@28" and he is drawing it to about 30" pulling about 59# (flings a 630 grain 28" BOP arrow at around 168 fps @ 28"DL )

Both bows have black ULS glass back and belly, Black Wattle riser, Qld Silver Ash and Black Gidgea accents with Black Wattle/buffalo horn/Ringed Gidgea tip overlays. The riser overlay on the full size bow is Black Wattle/Ringed Gidgea and (not so) clear fibreglass.Both bows are cut to about 1/16" before centre and have leather strike plates adding about another 1/16" before centre.

The full size bow is the one that I modelled on my son's bow dimensions and it came in 10# lighter, and the only difference is I used coffee bamboo instead of natural and black ULS instead of brown?????

A new design for me. This one has the same riser as my recurve but 16" instead of 19". This prototype came in at 54#@28".Timber are Tasmanian Blackwood, Scrub Oak, Queensland Walnut with Purpleheart wedges. Shoots beautifully and is fast becoming my new favourite